I’m not going to get involved in the stupid “Dallas vs. Fort Worth” pissing contest, although I’ve lived in the Fort for most of the last 35 years, so that should give you a clue as to my loyalties. Now that development dollars – many of them from Big D…
The Weeknd House of Blues Friday, June 15 Let me get the technicalities out of the way: Abel Tesfaye sounded incredible on Friday night. The full band only enhanced The Weeknd’s drippy-druggy tracks and brought a new dimension to his sound. Updated arrangements added a sonic weight to The Weeknd’s…
Update: Sunday’s gig has been canceled (again, not by choice). But party peeps and music nerds can catch Dover spin this Wednesday at Bryan St. Tavern where he’ll drop disco, funk, soul and post-punk tracks. Local musician, producer and DJ Wanz Dover is saying goodbye to his two-year residency at…
“I hate Tom Cruise, but I’ll still see it for the music.” – My 49-year-old mother when discussing a Rock of Ages commercial. If that wasn’t enough to make me interested in seeing the movie musical-cum-Broadway take on the late ’80s Sunset Strip, then the thought of discovering who exactly…
Inputting hundreds of music listings per week to be featured online and in print in the Observer, I see the occasional band name so bad I question my existence on this earth. Some are funny. Some are vile. Some are embarrassing. In fact, the idea of having a band name…
“It was a really amazing gift for us as a group,” acknowledges Michael Bloch, guitarist for Brooklyn quartet Here We Go Magic. The gift? Nigel Godrich, the producer and “sixth member” of Radiohead, offered his services for the band’s new album, A Different Ship. Godrich and Thom Yorke became fans…
We mentioned earlier this week that DC9 at Night and the Granada have teamed up to bring you the DC9 at Night Crawl next Thursday, June 21. That means we’re starting at Single Wide for a pre-party, then heading to the Granada for the show, then after the party there’s…
Maybe my imagination’s become limited and cynical in the third decade of existence, but I feel as though this Party Rock thing is on its last legs. It’s enjoyed a phenomenal run, mostly in the perennially club-stamped hands of Redfoo and SkyBlu, the two Gordy descendants who compose LMFAO. They’re…
Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and David Bryne (Talking Heads) will premiere their collaborative effort, Love This Giant, on September 11, via 4AD. The album comes after the duo began recording and writing together in 2010, and the live show will apparently feature eight brass players, a keyboardist and a drummer,…
Fifteen years ago this month, the Old 97’s released their major label debut, Too Far to Care. Last week, frontman Rhett Miller released his latest solo record, The Dreamer. Darryl Smyers and Eric Grubbs sat down and talked about the legacy of Too Far to Care, and whether or not…
It’ll Do Club Grand OpeningSaturday, June 16, at It’ll Do ClubEver driven eastbound on Elm Street until it hits the dead end? Then chances are you’ve seen the It’ll Do Club. Shrouded in the long-forgotten East Ellum neighborhood, this club opening marks another step in Deep Ellum’s expansion. Plus, there…
Look at those “do-ers” over at the Texas Theatre: They landed a page in The New York Times a couple of weeks ago, and now they’re putting on their first-ever film festival. You can check out the screening schedule at oakclifffilmfestival.com, which includes a Saturday night music video competition at…
Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has been mysteriously brewing since he started recording and uploading songs to YouTube in 2010. Drake gets a lot of credit as the tipping point for his popularity, but I’d argue The Weeknd’s trilogy of free releases — House of Balloons, Thursday and…
It’s the record release party for The Wolf You Feed, Riverboat Gamblers’ latest effort, and it’s a Friday at LaGrange, one of the best venues to hear punk rock and take in the Elk Lodge atmosphere. The Gamblers always bring a good time with their high energy rock and roll,…
House music fans will be converging upon the grand reopening of this historic east Elm venue not only because renowned DJ Miguel Migs and singer Lisa Shaw will be performing, but also because it’s one of Brooke Humphries’ new clubs. The local entrepreneur, who also owns Barcadia and Beauty Bar,…
It’s been two years since Seattle synth-pop duo Beat Connection released their debut EP, Surf Noir. The album, steeped in post-beach rock, pre-sea punk ocean imagery, boasted themed tracks like “In the Water,” complete with ocean sounds and steel drums, and provided the perfect soundtrack for the summer. Two years…
“It was a really amazing gift for us as a group,” acknowledges Michael Bloch, guitarist for Brooklyn quartet Here We Go Magic. The gift? Nigel Godrich, the producer and “sixth member” of Radiohead, offered his services for the band’s new album, A Different Ship. Godrich and Thom Yorke became fans…
As the dramatic tension of the Erykah Badu-Wayne Coyne Twitter “feud” escalated last week, I started thinking about the question of collaboration and consent. I spoke with Coyne on Wednesday, May 30 — the day he allegedly tweeted nude photos from the set of the video for “The First Time…
Is everyone so excited for the new season of Dallas? Oh, you are actually excited? Then you should join our friends at Mixmaster tonight at the Angelika for a screening of the first episode of the new show. We even made you a drinking schedule! So, to get you nice…
Beach HouseFriday, September 21, at Palladium Ballroom, $22/$25Would a Beach House fan go buck wild if I said their new album, Bloom, sounds pretty much the same as its predecessor, Teen Dream? I’m not saying Teen Dream isn’t an immaculate record, or that the band’s previous performance in Dallas at…
See also: Riot Fest 2012 expands to Dallas, brings Descendents and more This morning, a teaser trailer for Filmage, a documentary on punk bands Descendents and All, went online. Not surprisingly, the clip spread like wildfire amongst fans who remember the band back in the ’80s with Milo Goes to…
Since signing with Atlantic earlier this year, Fort Worth’s Snow Tha Product, aka 24-year-old Claudia Feliciano, has been fully embracing her merch motto “Fuck Sleep.” The mixtape she’s in the process of recording, Good Nights and Bad Mornings, which follows up 2011’s Unorthodox, should be out next month. In conversation…
